My wife comes home tonight and gives me a five dollar bill that she tried to spend (see pic). The cashier told her, you don't want to spend that because of xyz, I'd have to send it to the bank. (My wife cannot remember what "xyz" was only that it had to do something with the serial numbers and or the year.) The cashier said it was a collectable. She brought it home to me and I have no idea why the cashier told her that. So, I offer a pic for your expertise assistance.... What's the deal with this $5 bill????
Well first the white balance is way off... I tried to fix it the best I could... Not to much better but ok. It is a Series 2006 $5 Note the New Color of Money issued very recently! Looks normal to me..point out what you think is wrong?? RickieB
Doubled numbers in the first two 77 Then a number in between another set of doubling 1 Then the doubling after that number 00 Then another single number 1 then doubling once again 33 I'm guessing that is what she means?
My guess is it was the first time she saw one of the new fives. Don't see anything special at all about that one.
having that type of pattern in the serial adds nothing to any perceived value. It is a $5 note worth about $5 bucks - but only because we are told so
I think these were the notes people were keeping because they were released in 2008 but had a series 2006 on them ?? There was a rumor that they printed the wrong date on them..............................................................John
Is there a way to verify that? Can one look up a serial # and see if it was printed with the wrong year?
it wasnt my friend alot of folks thought it was because the 'series' date says 2006, even though the notes was printed in 2008 or so. The folks whop think that are just plain wrong These notes were intended to carry the series 2006 date when printed by the BEP. No error or mistake was made (excpet maybe in their decision) so what you have is a normal, non error note
If I would have thought about it, I knew that. A "series 2006" is the style and could have been printed in another year after that. Think before posting, Bob, think!
That is odd because I see nothing on this note that makes it special. I doubt the cashier hadn't seen one of these notes yet because they have been out for over a year now.
OH MY GOD!!!!! That's the infamous IB77400133A 2006 New York District $5 bill with Lincoln on the front!!!! Don't you guys realize who Abraham Lincoln is??!?!?! He defeated Stephen Douglas in 1858 for an Illinois US Senate Seat!!!!! Maybe you guys should be buying some of those $400 boxes of pennies on eBay to learn up on Lincoln!!! In case you guys need more info, here's a link to help you out. http://www.moneyfactory.gov/newmoney/main.cfm/materials/5download
There were a lot of people (and probably, still are) that were under the incorrect impression that this constituted an error since it is dated 2006 despite being released in 2008. It is not an error though... 2006 refers to the year the issue was authorized, not necessarily the year they were printed and issued (as is true for all series dates on modern US banknotes). It is somewhat odd that they didn't use a new year for the new design, as they usually do... but since this series was intentionally produced with this date, it doesn't constitute an error. I'm guessing that's probably why the cashier thought it was worth saving. Either that, or just the novelty of the new design, it's possible she just never saw one of the new ones before. I got one of these and saved it right when it came out... but later just spent it, since there would be billions of them produced, decided what the $5 could buy was worth more than having it my collection... I resolved to save anything I found with the old design (pre-1995) but that's it. Have to draw the line somewhere lol... impossible (and unaffordable) to collect everything. Most of the US paper money I collect are $2's anyway...
